Description: PC0002 Image no. 197. Summit Tunnel before completion. Western Summit altitude 7042 feet
Photographer/artist: Alfred A. Hart
Date taken: 1860s
Photo location: Summit Tunnel
Type: photo
Subject: Transcontinental Railroad Construction
County: Placer
Source: Stanford Collection
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Contributor: Stanford Libraries
Notes: Original image is 3.3 MB. HCS 1/13/2022. Image at Stanford site. In Mayer & Vose 1975 book, Makin' Tracks, p. 40, attributed to Alfred A. Hart. See also Goldbaum and Huffman 2012 book, Waiting for the Cars, p. 240. The authors noted that photographer Hart was able to produce this "remarkable photograph of the east end of Tunnel No. 6 by reflecting sunlight into the dark interior with a large mirror during a 15 minute exposure." See also TRR0008.
Rights: NOT FOR SALE; research only
Identifier: AAH0031
Serial Number: 2085
Donation: Alfred A. Hart Collection (AAH) collection (#34)
